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MATTER OF MERCH. v. NEW YORK STATE DEP'T OF MENTAL HYGIENE

41 A.D.2d 588 (1973)

In the Matter of Edith Merchant, Respondent, v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

January 18, 1973

Judgment reversed, determination confirmed and petition dismissed, all without costs.

Memorandum:

In January, 1971 petitioner, an employee at Rome State School, was assigned as an attendant in a ward of mentally retarded problem children ranging in age from 6 to 11 who were being treated under a program of behavior shaping. In this program good behavior by a child is to be reinforced and bad behavior ignored or, if this is not possible, the child is to be...

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